Tatiana Monaghan, Secretary General, ICC Russia.

Abdulla Baqer, Regional Director for the Middle East and Eurasia, Dubai Chambers.

Moderator: Vladimir Talanov, Partner, International Disputes Practice, EPAM Law Offices.

Speakers:

• Irina Nosova, Deputy Director of the Department of Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Presentation topic: International institutions as the basis of the economy and co-development in the modern world.
• Alexey Dudko, Senior Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution and Investigations Practice, LEVEL Legal Services. Presentation topic: Designing contractual mechanisms for legal adaptation to changed circumstances.
• Kirill Strunnikov, Director of the International Practice Department, UC RUSAL.
• Ilteris Dogan, Managing Partner, Westlex, LL.M., MCIArb, DAB Member.
• Polina Perova, Senior Associate, Advocate, ALRUD. Presentation topic: Disputes arising from international contracts: protection mechanisms in Russia and abroad.

Topics for discussion:

• Who is liable if the route changes while the goods are already in transit?
• Choice of applicable law and jurisdiction;
• How should conflicts between sanctions regimes, including China’s approach, be taken into account when structuring a transaction?
• The impact of sanctions regulation and export control;
• Trends in ICC practice and international arbitration.

Moderator: Anton Avramets, Adviser to the Secretary General, CSTP.

Speakers:

• Nina Grigoryevna Vilkova, Professor at the Department of Private International Law, Russian Foreign Trade Academy; member of the Presidium of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation; Chair of the ICC Russia Arbitration Commission. Presentation topic: The significance of Incoterms in modern conditions.
• Shouzhi An, Managing Partner, AnJie Broad Law Firm, Xiamen Office. Presentation topic: Disputes in international maritime transportation and cargo damage: risk allocation, liability and practical lessons from arbitration and litigation.
• Dmitry Lokshin, Independent Expert, former Head of the credit insurance company Credendo Single Risks Insurance Aktiengesellschaft. Presentation topic: Insurance in international trade: cargo insurance, credit risks and political risks.
• Tatiana Ivashkova, Member of the ICC Russia Banking Commission, Head of the Expert Group on Digitalisation of Trade and Trade Finance. Presentation topic: Digitalisation of document flow in international trade: Russian and international experience. ICC initiatives.
• Platon Guryanov, Deputy Head of the Legal Department, Russian Railways, OJSC.

Topics for discussion:

• Cargo insurance in international trade;
• What documents should be requested from an intermediary in order to avoid risks arising after shipment?
• Negotiable cargo documents: bills of lading, warehouse receipts and eBLs;
• How risks are allocated in supply chains structured through third countries.

Moderator: Elina Lopatnikova, Executive Vice President, Head of the Currency Operations Support Department, Gazprombank.

Speakers:

• Ivan Savushkin, Commercial Director, Nawinia. Presentation topic: Logistics under sanctions restrictions: reducing risks through comprehensive foreign trade outsourcing.
• Stanislav Tobin, Head of Logistics Development, ARIVIST Group. Presentation topic: Current Developments on Key Logistics Routes and Fundamental Legislative Changes Affecting Freight Forwarding Activities.
• Elena Finogenova, Director, Foreign Economic Partnership Development Division, Sberbank. Presentation topic: The bank’s role as a partner to foreign trade participants in planning and executing international transactions.
• Nonna Kupriyanova, Head of the Currency Control and Banking Support Department, VTB Bank. Presentation topic: Foreign trade contract without settlement performance.
• Irina Kashirina, Director for Foreign Trade Support and Customs Administration, Russian Export Center Group. Presentation topic: Products and services to support exporters.
• Evgenia Shatalova, Compliance Manager, En+ Group. Presentation topic: Sanctions compliance in a new landscape: 2025 results and business expectations.

Topics for discussion:

• Structuring contracts when working with “friendly” jurisdictions;
• Sanctions clauses;
• Which contractual wording actually allows payment to be deferred until the goods are physically accepted?
• Supply chains through third countries;
• New digital payment instruments and their contractual framework;
• Specific features of contracts with counterparties from Asia and the Middle East.

1. Digital contract vs classical contract
Moderator: Arseny Topadze, Counsel, arbitrator, advocate — data protection and digital regulation, BGP Litigation.
We will discuss where the boundary of trust in electronic documents lies today, how eBLs and digital formats work in real transactions, and who bears the risks if a bank, counterparty or court does not accept “digital”.

2. Incoterms in the new geography of trade
Moderator: Stepan Sultanov, Partner, Head of International Commercial Arbitration Practice, KIAP Attorneys at Law.
We will discuss how supply chains have changed, why the formal allocation of risks increasingly diverges from the factual situation, and who ultimately bears responsibility for cargo in complex logistics.

3. Delivery control: protection or excessive regulation
Moderator: Ekaterina Zhuravleva, Deputy Director for Procurement and Logistics, Solopharm.
We will examine which delivery confirmation mechanisms actually work, what happens when “the system confirms, but the counterparty does not”, and how this affects transaction structures.

4. Key considerations when concluding foreign trade contracts with African counterparties
Moderator: Yuri Makhonin, Partner, Dispute Resolution Practice, Dyakin, Gortsunyan and Partners Law Office.
We will discuss the conclusion of foreign trade transactions with counterparties from African countries, the choice of forum for dispute resolution and applicable law, as well as key considerations for ensuring the performance of the transaction.